Fort Mill Times, 1900-04-25

That pony and dog show is the best entertainment for children I ever saw. 1 reckon that Professor Gentry runs it for the money that is in it. but nevertheless lie should be commended and honored l't.r the pleasure that he has given to thousands and thousands of children all over the land. The poet said that Alton Men Adhem was admitted to heaven by St. Peter because lie loved his fellow men any maybe the ! professor will get in because he worked so hard to please the children. Chil- | dreu are a big thing in heaven. "Suffer little children to come unto Me, for of sueh is the kingdom of heaven" is tnc sweetest verse ia the Diblo to mothers and it utterly paralyzes the dogma of infant damnation. 1 know j there is plenty of scripture to establish 1 the doctrine of election, but 1 have never believed that it applied to lit- ; tie children The maternal instinct abhors it. 13ut this pony and dog show was a most beautiful street pageant and was [ free to the hundreds who were too poor to pay for the tent performance, j They ought to thank the professor for | that. 1 am poor myself, but 1 strained my pocket book and took all our little folks in. Tliey are still talking about j it. The monkey who played docto, and the pony who lain uoxvn and groaned and played sick and how the monkey cured him and they tell it all over again and again and how they rode on the ponies ami the tricks of the beautiful dogs and so on. How Wonderful lv fond .101.1... -

have a superior education. The table on citizens^ p. literacy ami education is specially important as forming the basis of suffrage about to be conferred. Because so many citizenships are stiil in su-pense. and for other reasons, the returns are not quite complete, and for other reasons, the returns are not quite complete, hut the conclusion is drawn that there will be at least 14.000 qualified native Cuban voters under the proposed basis of .suffrage. and against luis there will he 55,7117 Spaniards whose citizenship was in suspense when the census was taken, less the number who have since declared to preserve their Spanish citizenship, and plus illiterate Spaniards. not declared who are the owners of property. It is not believed that there will be any great number of 'h latter class, as the total number of illiterate Spanish males over 21 is only 17,436. The comparison shows a much greater preponderance of Cuban voters than vas expected. There are 187.826 white adult males who wera born in Cuba ais against 06,083 born in Spain; 6.794 born in other countries and 127.300 colored. Males are in excess in the total population. except in Santiago, though 'lie female whites outnumber the male whites, except in I'ina:- del Klo. Among the negroes and mixed races the females are in exc< s; while among the foreign whites the males are larcelv In

lumin is i?ni? iv a siuiutory our ami the subject. as far as the same relates to i "persons liable to such duty," is covered by section I of the acts of lttOP. page 2St>, which provides. "That all male persons able to pert irm the labor heroin required between the ages of Is and years (here follows certain exceptions as to certain counties and the ages specified, and al-o except initi isters of the gospel in actual charge of a congregation, and persons per- j manentiy disabled in the military so;. ; vice of this State and persons who served in the late war between the State? and person? actualy employed in tin quarantine service ot' the State), .shall lie required annually u> perform tabor on the highways under the direction of the ove scer of the said district in which he sliall reside, >!lows." etc. it seems clear from the above, which is exhaustive, that exconvicts are not exempt front the pe rformance of road duty. The que lion of citizenship does not arise, in my opinion in this connection. Infantic de in Florence. Florence. Special.?Hosin llrown. a m gio woman in the llyntan section of j tiiis county, is accused of having beal1 en or stamped her infant child to deatti

Washington. l\ C.. Special.?Republican Governor W. S. Taylor, of Kentucky. wh-o ha been at Washington for some time p.i>t preparing papers in his appeal to the .Supreme Court, bus gone to New York. He will return to Washington about the middle of the week. The friends of Governor Taylor say they have no information as to tin* indictment alleged to have been found against nim in Kentucky. They say. however, that if he has been indicted, lie will return to Kentucky as soon as the Supreme Court hears the ea-es and will meet all charges without hesitation. It is understood that Governor Taylor's visit to New > ork is for the purpose of >ti suiting lawyers regarding the case. New York. Special. The World of Sunday says: W. S. Taylor, Governo>of Kentucky, is in New York in consequence of the finding of an indictment ag.iin-t him by the grand jury of Frankort charging him with being an accessory beore tiie fact to the murder of Wm. Goehcl. He appealed to Governor Roosevelt Saturday afternoon, asking that any j demand for extradition be denied. The interview between the governor

foers.?American Population?Spanish and Colored. Washington. 1). C., Special.?(Jen. Sanger has mado public the compendious results of the Cuban census taken under his direction. The figures arc very instructive, and. in the opinion of the war department officials, fully justify the decision of the administration to allow municipal suffrage in Cuba at an early stage. The officials are gratified to find that the native Cubans constitute to large a portion of the population; that the whites so greatly outnumber the blacks and that so large a proportion can read and write, in their opinion there seems to be no reason for the objection that the proposed basis of suffrage would result in turning the island over to the control of Spain. The total population of Cuba is I..">72.75)7, including S15.205 males and 757,592 females. 'I here are 147.517d white males and 462,02ti white females of native birth. The foreign whites number 115.760 males and 26,450 females. There are 11.SOS males negroes and 122.74)) female negroes. Tlis mixed rai-os ic. -.<>/> -- - - 1

? unikU Kiln K> viuinc.1. I.onclon, By Cable.?A letter from a nurse in a hospital at Cape Town corroborates an unpleasant feature of the war. The writer says the medical officers. for sanitary reasons, forced a number of Floor prisoners to hatne in the river behind the hospital. Two of them absolutely refused to strip an 1 when forced to do so, it was found they were women in men's "lotlies. The hlght Hour Bill. Washington, D. C., Special.?Th,v House committee on labor took up the1 Gardner eight-liour hill, as recently completed by a sob-committee, and after making several amendments, put the measure in form for a final vote on its adoption at the n? xt meeting. The amendment requires that "every contract made for or on behalf of the United states, or any Territory or the District of Columbia, which contract may involve the employment of laborers, workmen or mechanics shall contain a stipulation that no laborer in the employ of the contractor shall be permitted to work over eight hours 'n one calendar day." ft - - JfrllT i iWiinrr.. v

II lll>- IUH III II. Win ii 1 got up and loft ho said: "(Janma, ganpa gettin' mighty old, ain't ho?" "Vts," she aid. "Ganma. he'll die sonic time, won't he?" Hut I do love the little girls. 1 atn now in Florida again, for the good people ' ept calling mo and the spring has come and everything down, here is . > ealm r.nd serene that I am glad I lie ipt'd uu ir invitations, The loyal Daughters of the Cor.fedi racy are very strong in Florida and asked for a little help and so 1 am here in their behalf. 1 had t\\o hours in Savannah, but had to leave at 'J o'clock in the morning and so did not -ec my friends, for nobody g'-ts up in Savannah until dinner time and sum few lit* abed till next day. That's what Evan llowell told nie. I traveled with him all the way an., enjoyed his company, for he is always the same good talker and he gave ine a graphic account oi his recent Havana trip. He likes the Cubans, especially the Castiilan Has: es

Governor Taylor called on ex-President Harrison at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, shortly after noon. He made a I desperate plea to the ex-President to j reeonsider his decision not to act as j Ills counsel. General Harrison heard Governor Taylor ro.irteonsly. but firmly informed him that it would lie impossible for him to take up his ease, either before the Supreme Court of the United States or before the Kentucky courts, when the trial of the governor t.n the indictment will come i#). General Harrison said: "It was not ! that 1 do not believe in the course of Governor Taylor that caused niy refusal to act as counsel or him. I had so many engagements that I could not take his case. I w.:s never formally approached. Uriends of Governor Taylor asked me if I cared to take up his case, as I say. and I declined because of my numerous engagements. "I can not discuss what Governor Taylor said to me. 1 will say this. I have not agreed to connect my.-elf with tho case." CL' ,....... i- ?